Mitchellville, IA is a small town situated in the center of Iowa. It has a strong sense of community and tradition that sets it apart from other towns. The political atmosphere in Mitchellville is very diverse. While the majority of people are registered Republicans, there are many Democrats, Independents, and other non-affiliated voters who also live in the area and make their voices heard at the polls. Local residents are passionate about politics and take part in local campaigns to support their chosen candidates. Mitchellville is proud to have held its own elections since 1854, and currently holds city council meetings twice a month throughout the year. Residents come together to discuss important issues that affect their lives, such as taxes, crime rates, public safety and more. Mitchellville is a great place to be politically active!
The political climate in Mitchellville, IA is leaning liberal.
Polk County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Polk County, IA 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 41.3%.
Polk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mitchellville, IA is leaning liberal.
Polk County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Iowa is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Mitchellville, Iowa: d d D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Mitchellville, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $7,880 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $39,928 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $713 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)